The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-30
THE MEN STILL OUT
THE Longshoremen Making
a Stubborn Fight.
WHAT THE COMPANIES SAY.
rus Son-Union Men Jeered at and
the saloons ClOsed-No
Serious Trouble.
WHAT THE COMPANIES SAY.
The Strike.

New YORK, January 29.-The extern
gion of the strike to railroad freight
handlers on the city water front has
brought the number of men now out to,
nearly 10000. The probability is that
before the day is over other railroad
emnloves will cease work. The men on
the New York City d Northern Kan
rosd pier on the East River claim 10
have had a grievance against the com,
many on account of the low rates Oh
wages, and also the irregularity OF pay
ment, claiming that IN some instances
nav was more than month oVeruuo'
though this is denied by the company
The men, through sympathy. VIII Cne
coal shOvellers and steamship long
sboremen, went out yesterday. Iney
we're sent for by the superintendent, nut
they refused to treat with him lndlVlQ-
ally Railroad men on Hartford dock
Fast River we're the next to go out,
ond II is rumored that to-day the men
on the Pennsylvania and other rallr oau
docks will 90 out. The greatest al M
entity in moving freight is on the DOCKS
along North River, where most or the
ocean steamers are berthed: All out
going vessels have been delayed Tor
want of coal. 1t was said at the head
quarters OF the strikers that several
vessels had proceeded to sea with an IN
sufficient supply of coal, and also with
incomplete cargo.
PARALYzING TRADE.
The Nail and Express says: The strike
of the ooaI-handlers, which has resulted
in almost paralyzing the entire traffic
along the, river fronts of this city, rem
daring idle thousands of men and caus-
ing untold misery and suffering to the
SICK and poor, has been in existence
inst a month. Not a single point has
been gained by them. On the contrary
thew and their sympathizers who have
struck to aid them are worse off than
before the strike began. Not one of
these meu has any idea of the wide
spread direct loss to this city, the DAM
ace to the vast commerce centred here
and the loss and hardship to
their fellow workingmen, and their
families, which their action has en-
tailed. They would be astounded to be
told that this total, in carefully esti-
mated figures, reaches TO more than
four million dollars; yet such is the
case, and the estimates in each instance
have been conservative and under,
rather than above, the actual facts.
This, too, without counting in the extra
medical expense caused through suf-
fering for want of coal and the funeral
expenses of many whose deaths have
been fastened if not directly caused by
the coal famine.
AT THE COMPANIES OFFICES.
New YORK, January 2S.-At the Guion
Line Office in Broadway, it was said
that the Wyoming would be ready to
sail by Tuesday. Green hands were at
work and by the time the next vessel
came in they would be ready to handle
freight as quickly as with new hands.
At the State Line Office, the chief
clerk said that the company was not
embarrassed by the strike for the reason
that none Of their vessels would sail
tor a week.
At the Cunard Line office it was SAID
they could get all the men they wanted.
The GGiiiG had been coaled and cargoed
By non-union men. The vessel will sail
to morrow.
at the Anchor Line it was said:
I'VE HAVE ALL THE MEN WE WANT
shout a5O.'
At the French TransatlantiqQe Line
the agent said his company was not in
convenieuced.
1t was reported at noon, to-day, that
the weighers in the custom house had
struck cut of sympathy for the long
ShOremen and the rumor caused some
excitement among the officials. 1t
TRANSFERRED, however, that it was not
weigherS, but their laborers who had
Struck.
STRIKERS STILL OUT.
The Brooklyn 1ongshoremen are all
out yet. The strikers stand about the
docks, watching the few non-union
men at work. There has been no
trouble, except the ieering of non-union
men. A delegation of strikers visited
every saloon from Red Hook to Green
Point, and warned the proprietors not
to sell liquor to non-union men, under
penalty of boycott. A gang of Italians
came over from New York, and were
escorted by the police to the Com
merclal stores. The men at Wilkes
coal yard refused to leave work when
ordered by the strikers.